The Dead Good Poets online anthology of poetry by writers from and associated with
Aberdeen was published in 2006/2007 with funding from
Aberdeen City Council.

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Short Form

Judith Taylor

Appropriate, since we talked about the sestina,
to write one on our evening at the curry-house.
Its endless circling would suit the conversation
— work, our wretched lovelives, that time at the sawmill —
as we ate, and advanced ourselves on the road to cirrhosis.
Appropriate, yes. But really, I can't be arsed.

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